The collection preserves and manages the archives of the Royal Military Academy in the United Kingdom. The archives contain records of the academy and its predecessors; the Royal Military College Sandhurst 1799-1939 and the Royal Military Academy Woolwich 1741-1939. It maintains the archive of the current academy which was established in 1947.

Includes the Ross-Thomson House, which has the oldest restored store in North America; the Shelburne County Museum, which has the oldest fire pumper in North America; the Dory Shop, where the art of dory-making is demonstrated each day during the summer; the Coyle House, where Tottie's Crafts sell their wares, and the Muir-Cox Shipyard, where the time-honoured craft of wooden boat building is on display daily and where the shipbuilding heritage of the community is portrayed.